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Sp. 38. mesoleptoides. Niger, ore facieque flavis, hoc macula nigra, scutello 

 Jlavo, segmentis 2 et S, antennis pedibusque riifis. (Long. corp. 5 lin.j Exp. 

 Alar. 8| lin.) 



Tr. mesoleptoides. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 715. 38. 



Black : mouth and face yellow, the latter with a triangular black spot, branch- 

 ing towards the angles of the mouth, and the 3rd angle extending towards 

 the antenna, which are red, with the 2 or 3 basal joints black above ; 

 thorax with a minute yellow dot below the scutellum, which is also yellow ; 

 abdomen with the basal segment black, its peduncle rather slender, and the 

 hinder angles red ; the 2 following red, 4th chestnut, remainder pitchy, the 

 last 4 having each a faint palish margin ; legs moderate, 4 anterior pale red, 

 coxae and trochanters dusky at the base, posterior coxiB and trochanters 

 black, reddish at the tip ; femora, tibise, and tarsi red, the extreme base of 

 the former a little spotted with black ; wings dusky-hyaline, with a con- 

 spicuous black stigma ; cellule 3-angular, petiolated. 

 Found at Hertford, in June. 



fSp. 39. pachysoma. Niger, ore, genis, maculis 2-bus faciei, picturis thoracis 

 scutdloque Jiavis, abdominis medio pedibusque anterioribus rvfis, ano albo. 

 (Long. corp. 5 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8| lin.) 



Tr. pachysoma. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 715. 39. 



Black, shining : head rather large ; mouth, cheeks, and 2 large confluent spots 

 on the face bright yellow; antennae shorter than the body, dusky-black, 

 reddish beneath at the apex; thorax robust, with the collar in front, a 

 streak before the wings, and a dot at their base and below the scutellum, 

 and the latter yellow; abdomen sessile, broad, the basal segment black, 3 

 following and base of 5th bright red, tip of the last and the 6th and 7th black, 

 their margins broadly white ; legs rather slender, 4 anterior pale red ; coxae 

 and trochanters yellowish, 2nd pair blackish at the base ; hinder legs black, 

 the extreme tips of the trochanters and femora reddish; wings hyaline, 

 stigma dark fuscous ; cellule 3-angular, petiolated. 

 In Mr. Shuckard's collection ; locality not known. 



Sp. 40. albocinctus. Niger, scutelli apice rufo, ahdomine rnfo, hasi nigra, 

 marginibus segmentorum albidis, pedibus anterioribus Jiavis, coxis et latere 

 supero femorum nigris. (Long. corp. 4 — 41 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.) 



Tr. albocinctus. Gravenhorst, ii. 204. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 715. 40. 



Black : mouth straw-colour, mandibles black at the tip and base ; antennse 

 fuscous, tawny beneath, with the 4 basal joints totally black ; scutellum 

 with its apex red ; abdomen with the 2 basal segments black, the margin of 

 the 2nd red, the 3rd red or chestnut, with the edge whitish, the basal angles, 

 or the entire base, black, 4th similar, occasionally with a black fascia before 

 the margin, remainder red or chestnut, with the edges whitish, occasionally 

 black at the base, the sides yellow on the margins ; legs moderate, 4 anterior 

 yellow, with the coxse and upper edge of the femora, and sometimes the 

 trochanters above, black ; posterior black, tibiae whitish in the middle, with 



